Every now and again, you get to see an actor whose usual roles go for a complete 180°. A typecast…
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The thing about heroes is that they often need villains for the story to work. With boring villains, heroes may…
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What is it about prisoners that makes them ideal for storytelling? Maybe it’s the way they long for freedom, how…
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Conflicts come in various types, on various levels, to highlight a theme to the right audience. Sometimes, it is a…
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One of the most powerful tropes in movie history is the “fish out of water” conflict: the idea that someone…
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2024 marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest directorial debuts in film history, Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal…
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From campy horror to heartfelt fun, summer movies have ways to move us as the temperatures heat up. What makes…
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Graduation is a rite of passage, and these graduation movies show that the end of one era is the beginning…
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Movies about fatherhood can take on many forms. Some are comedies, others are dramas, and a few become mainstream horror…
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Fantasy worlds and the stories within them can reveal a lot. They can warn of dangers in the real world…
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